CN101878629A

CN101878629A - System and method for listening to audio content

Info

Publication number: CN101878629A
Application number: CN2008801179312A
Authority: CN
Inventors: A·图利
Original assignee: Nokia Oyj
Current assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
Priority date: 2007-10-25
Filing date: 2008-10-24
Publication date: 2010-11-03
Anticipated expiration: 2028-10-24
Also published as: CN101878629B; PL2208332T3; WO2009053831A2; US8190994B2; KR20100076040A; KR101129036B1; US20140047338A1; US20120240046A1; EP2208332B1; ES2615953T3; US9032294B2; WO2009053831A3; US20090113300A1; EP2208332A2; US8566720B2

Abstract

A method including selecting a presentation content group, displaying content identifiers corresponding to the presentation content group, selecting a content identifier, and instantly presenting a substantially live presentation content from a media provider corresponding to the selected content identifier to a user.

Description

The system and method that is used for listening to audio content

Technical field

Disclosed execution mode relates generally to user interface, and more specifically, relates to the interface that is used to play rendering content.

Background technology

Usually, when the user for example searched for the real-time audio content on the Internet or on-air radio radio station, the selection of audio content was a process of slowly carrying out.Audio content presents to the user with the form of tabulation usually, perhaps presents by platform to make the user radio station of can rolling.

For example, under the situation of radio broadcasting aloft, can on the display of equipment, present a station designator symbol, when making input when user's operating equipment, display can present another station designator symbol, wherein present a station designator at every turn and accord with (radio station of for example, at every turn rolling).The station designator symbol presents with the numerical order of ascending order or descending usually.For example when radio station was positioned at the opposite end of frequency spectrum, it may be tediously long changing to another from a radio station.Also can use by radio preset user program, that will be associated with particular radio station and select radio station.Yet default radio station is also shown in the user-defined tabulation usually, and it allows user default radio station of rolling.

In another example, under the situation of the Internet radio broadcasting, internet wireless station designator symbol presents with tabular form usually.Do not having channel selection or waiting under the situation that audio content cushions in device memory, view Internet radio station can't listen to the audio content play usually or it is sampled on the internet wireless radio station.

Can will be useful fast to come different audio contents is sampled with mode intuitively.

Summary of the invention

In one aspect, disclosed execution mode relates to a kind of method.In one embodiment, this method comprises: select the rendering content group; Show and the corresponding content designator of rendering content group; The chosen content identifier; And immediately to the user present from the corresponding medium supplier of selected content designator, real-time rendering content basically.

On the other hand, disclosed execution mode relates to a kind of device.In one embodiment, the display that this device comprises processor and is connected to processor, wherein this processor configuration is used for: select the rendering content group; On display, present and the corresponding content designator of rendering content group; The chosen content identifier and immediately to the user present from the corresponding medium supplier of selected content designator, real-time rendering content basically.

Aspect another, disclosed execution mode relates to a kind of computer program that is included in the device memory.In one embodiment, this computer program comprises the computer-readable code that is included in the computer-readable medium, is used for the method described in the enforcement of rights requirement.

On the other hand, disclosed execution mode relates to a kind of system.In one embodiment, this system comprises: input, configuration are used to cause to the selection of rendering content group and to medium supplier's selection; Display, configuration is used to show the corresponding content designator of medium supplier with selected rendering content group; And the processor that is connected to this input and display, the configuration of this processor is used for based on the selection to corresponding content designator, immediately to the user present from selected medium supplier, real-time rendering content basically.

In another embodiment, disclosed execution mode relates to a kind of user interface.This user interface comprises: input, configuration are used to cause to the selection of rendering content group and to medium supplier's selection; Display, configuration is used to show the pairing content designator of medium supplier of selected rendering content group; And the processor that is connected to this input and display, the configuration of this processor is used for based on the selection to corresponding content designator, immediately to the user present from selected medium supplier, real-time rendering content basically.

Description of drawings

Above-mentioned aspect of the present invention and other features have been explained in following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 shows the block diagram of the system of the aspect that can use disclosed execution mode therein;

Fig. 2 is the diagram of exemplary environments that can use the aspect of disclosed execution mode therein;

Fig. 3 is the flow chart that illustrates according to an example of the process of disclosed execution mode;

Fig. 3 A-Fig. 3 H is the diagram according to the exemplary screen shot of the user interface of disclosed execution mode;

Fig. 4 A-Fig. 4 J is the diagram according to the exemplary screen shot of the user interface of an aspect of disclosed execution mode;

Fig. 4 K and Fig. 4 L are the diagrams according to the example content identifier of disclosed execution mode;

Fig. 5 shows the exemplary selection according to the audio content in the equipment of an aspect of disclosed execution mode;

Fig. 6 is the diagram according to the exemplary screen shot of the user interface of an aspect of disclosed execution mode;

Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B are the diagrams of example of equipment that can be used for putting into practice the aspect of disclosed execution mode;

Fig. 8 shows the block diagram of the example system of the feature that can comprise the aspect that is used for putting into practice disclosed execution mode; And

Fig. 9 shows the block diagram of general frame of the example system of the exemplary apparatus that can use Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B therein.

Embodiment

Fig. 1 shows an execution mode of many-sided system 100 that can use disclosed execution mode therein.Although will describe the aspect of disclosed execution mode with reference to shown in the drawings and described hereinafter execution mode, should be appreciated that these aspects may be embodied as multiple alterative version.And, can use the element or the material of any suitable size, shape or type.

Disclosed execution mode allows the user of equipment or system (system 100 shown in Fig. 1) that any rendering content that receives in equipment is sampled quickly and intuitively generally.Rendering content can be can its before the user presents to device broadcasts, in equipment buffering or obtain any suitable content (being referred to as " rendering content ") of (" looking ahead ") by equipment.Rendering content can include but not limited to the analog or digital rendering content that can obtain from any suitable medium supplier.The medium supplier can include but not limited to: from real-time audio and/or the video broadcasting of for example on-air radio electricity or 200a-200n of TV station or internet wireless radio station 210a-210n, perhaps on the internet or by the obtainable audio/video content of wired or wireless network.Property purpose presented for purpose of illustration only can comprise any suitable frequency (for example, amplitude modulation (AM), frequency modulation (FM), very high frequency(VHF) (VHF) and hyperfrequency (UHF) signal) from the aerial audio content of for example radio station or TV station.Property purpose presented for purpose of illustration still, can use the transmission/receiving digital video broadcasting in system 100 of any appropriate protocol, described agreement includes but not limited to that digital video broadcasting-hand-held (DVB-H), digital video broadcasting-land (DVB-T), digital video broadcasting-satellite are to hand-held (DVB-SH) and digital video broadcasting-multipoint video dissemination system (DVB-MDS).Yet disclosed execution mode is not intended to be limited to radio and/or TV rendering content, make any suitable audio frequency or video content can according to substantially similar mode be described below present.In other embodiments, disclosed execution mode can be applied to any suitable media player, includes but not limited to music player, video player and blog (podcast) player.Disclosed execution mode allows can select medium supplier's (for example, radio, TV etc.) mode to present one or more content designators fast on display with the user.Disclosed execution mode also provides the quick sampling based on the rendering content of the Internet, the buffer time of the Internet rendering content that the while minimum user is experienced (for example, when broadcasting was sampled, the buffering of Internet radio was transparent for the user).

In one embodiment, with reference to figure 1, system can comprise input equipment 104, output equipment 106, navigation module 122, application area 180, storage/memory devices 182 and transmitter and/or receiver 170.Transmitter and/or receiver 170 can dispose the aerial transmission that is used to receive simulation or numeral and/or by one or more wireless or contents that wired connection is launched on the internet or received.Assembly described here only is exemplary, is not intended to contain all component in the system that can be included in 100.For example, in one embodiment, system 100 comprise mobile communication equipment or other this type of support the equipment of the Internet and application.In one embodiment, the application of equipment can include but not limited to: data are obtained (for example, image, video and sound) and multimedia player (for example, video and music player).Thus, in the alternative, system 100 can comprise equipment and the application that other are suitable, is used in this kind equipment monitoring application content and obtains data and communication capacity is provided.Although input equipment 104 and output equipment 106 are illustrated as separate equipment, in one embodiment, input equipment 104 and output equipment 106 can be the parts of user interface 102 or form user interface 102.User interface 102 can be used for showing the information about aerial or Internet radio, and this will be described below.

In one embodiment, the user interface of disclosed execution mode can be implemented on the equipment that comprises touch-screen display or adjacent screen equipment or among.In the alternative, the aspect of user interface disclosed herein can will display message and allow to select and activate use or any suitable equipment of system for content on implement.At this, term " selection " and " touch " are generally described about touch-screen display.Yet in the alternative, this term is intended to contain the required user action about other input equipments.For example, for the adjacent screen display, the user need not directly to contact alternative or other information.Thus, but above-mentioned term is intended to encompasses users only needs within the neighborhood of equipment the just function of carry out desired.For example, the term in the proximity displays device context " touch " is not directly contact of hint, but approximate or close contact, it activates nearby device.

Similarly, will expect that unintentionally the scope of equipment is limited to single touch or contact arrangement.Disclosed execution mode also is intended to contain many touch apparatus, the contact of wherein one or more fingers or other pointing apparatus can on the screen or near navigate.Disclosed execution mode also is intended to contain noncontact equipment.Noncontact equipment includes but not limited to not have the equipment of touch or adjacent screen, and wherein the navigation on display is for example by the button 110 of system or by carrying out via the voice commands of system's speech recognition feature.

Also with reference to figure 3, it shows the flow chart according to an example of the process of disclosed execution mode.In one example, the user of system 100 selects the rendering content group (Fig. 3, frame 300) that will present on display 114.The user can obtain the rendering content group of any proper number.In one example, the rendering content group can present like this, makes rendering content divide into groups according to area, type or user-defined packet mode.As a non-limiting example, can there be a rock'n'roll rendering content group, the broadcasting group of a jazz, the broadcasting group of the radio station in Helsinki, Finland city, one at broadcasting group of obtainable television broadcasting etc.In other embodiments, rendering content can be grouped in together according to any suitable mode.In one embodiment, the rendering content group can have the independent groups at air broadcast and Internet radio, and in other embodiments, the Internet and air broadcast can be mixed in one or more rendering content groups.For example, group can comprise the radio station based on the Internet, and another group can comprise based on aerial radio station, and the 3rd group of mixing that can comprise the Internet and Air Radio.

The rendering content group can present to the user according to any suitable mode, includes but not limited to any suitable menu of system 100.For example, (for example, audio frequency and/or video player application) menu can dispose and be used for the rendering content group is presented the application of the multimedia player of system 100, selects for the user.The user can select the rendering content group by any suitable mode from any suitable menu for example, these modes include but not limited to hardkey or soft key 110, perhaps by selecting to touch or in abutting connection with certain zone (Fig. 3, frame 310) of screen 112.In one embodiment, with reference to figure 3A-Fig. 3 D, when the user selects the rendering content group, can pass through the mode of animation to user's rendering content identifier 391.For example, Fig. 3 A-Fig. 3 D shows in scheduled time slot to display top " slip " or the content designator that rolls.Only property purpose presented for purpose of illustration shows timeline 395, makes delegation's content designator at least for example slip into view in period of 0.5 second.In other embodiments, the period can be greater than or less than 0.5 second.In this example, display comprises medium supplier part 390, and it indicates current selected medium supplier, in Fig. 3 A is " Jacaranda ".When the user when a medium supplier switches to another, the new medium supplier 392 who selects can be highlighted in 391 as tabulating the medium supplier of here describing.The new medium supplier's who selects sign 394 can roll or " slips " in part 390, the while supplier's of old media sign skids off from part 390.In this example, the medium supplier identifies 394 and is shown as from right to left and moves, but in other embodiments, medium supplier identifier can move along any suitable direction.In other embodiments, the change of medium supplier sign can be carried out according to any suitable mode in the part 390, includes but not limited to fade in/fade out.

As among Fig. 3 E-Fig. 3 H as seen, content designator 396 can also occur with tabular form, makes it search for or occur during scans content identifier 396 in system 100.In this example, bar 397, for example white noise is presented in the tabulation of content designator.Shown in Fig. 3 E-Fig. 3 G, content designator 398 can appear in the bar 397 progressively.When content designator 398 showed fully, bar can move to the next line of tabulation, as described in Fig. 3 H, so that according to presenting another content designator with the essentially identical mode of above describing about Fig. 3 A-Fig. 3 G.In other embodiments, can come to user's rendering content identifier according to any suitable mode (for example, having or do not have animation) and any suitable configuration.

With reference now to Fig. 4 A-Fig. 4 C,, content designator 450 can present to the user with list configuration 410 ' shown in Fig. 4 A, perhaps presents to the user with grid configuration 410 shown in Fig. 4 C.In other embodiments, content designator can have any suitable configuration on the display.System 100 can provide menu 460, be used for the tabulation and grid configuration between switch, shown in Fig. 4 B.Notice that menu is not limited to the menu shown in Fig. 4 B, and menu can have any suitable configuration.Only property purpose presented for purpose of illustration in the example that is described below, will be described content designator about the grid configuration shown in Fig. 4 C, but below example be equally applicable to list configuration or the configuration of any other suitable content designator of Fig. 4 A.

With reference now to Fig. 4 C,, on the display 114 of for example system 100, has exemplary rendering content menu or divide into groups 410.Rendering content menu 410 in response to and depend on which rendering content group is selected and be presented.Property purpose presented for purpose of illustration only, the selected rendering content group shown in Fig. 4 C comprises content designator 400a-400h.In this example, content designator is the on-air radio station designator symbol in this geographical position of Helsinki, Finland, but in other examples, menu 410 and content designator 400a-400h can relate to any suitable rendering content.Notice that although example described here is described about radio station, these examples are equally applicable to any rendering content described here.

In this example, depend on the available screen space on the display 114 for example, the size of grid is variable (for example, the number of row and column).In one embodiment, the size of content designator can be adjusted, and makes whole grid be present on the display 114, checks whole identifiers and need not reliable display screen (for example ,/down or a left side/right side).In other embodiments, the user can the reliable display screen with chosen content identifier 400a-400h.For example, as among Fig. 4 D as seen, can on display, present scroll indicator 470.Scroll indicator can comprise the filling frame 470a corresponding to content designator 400a-400h.Scroll indicator can also comprise the blank box 470b corresponding to the content indicator that does not for example cushion as yet.In other embodiments, scroll indicator can have the permission user ID and roll by any suitable configuration of displaying contents.The user can select any suitable part of scroll indicator 470, makes system 100 present corresponding identifier 400a-400h on display.

In this example, content designator can be any suitable image, text or other identifier of indicating the respective wireless radio station to the user.In the example shown in Fig. 4 C, identifier 400a-400h is the image of radio station's sign.Content designator 400a-400h can obtain by suitable mode, include but not limited to back-end server (it can be the part of wired or wireless network), it has the associated identifiers of for example radio station, its frequency, each radio station and the database or the catalogue of any other appropriate metadata relevant with radio station.In the alternative, database can comprise any suitable information.

In this example, the user of system 100 can come sampling with the corresponding one or more radio stations of content designator 400a-400h by selecting radio station's (Fig. 3, frame 370) in any suitable manner.Activation or chosen content identifier 400a-400h generally include any suitable mode of selecting or activating control, comprise touch, push or mobile input equipment.When input equipment 104 comprises control 112 when (it can comprise touch screen plate or contiguous display screen in one embodiment), the user contacts and touches or adjacent screen will provide the input that needs.In one example, the user can touch the station designator symbol of expectation on the touch/adjacent screen 112 of system 100, such as identifier 400d.When identifier was selected, it can indicate this identifier selected highlighted or in any suitable manner.For example, can present and select identifier 430, to indicate selected identifier, such as identifier 400d.In another example, as among Fig. 4 E as seen, when identifier was selected, it can be highlighted as shown in Fig. 4 C, and/or be presented in any suitable manner on the independent sector 430 ' of display.In the example shown in Fig. 4 E, identifier 400d is exaggerated, and presents near rendering content menu 410.Selecting the identifier of the amplification shown in identifier 430 and/or Fig. 4 E can be the identifier of animation, and in one embodiment, the beat of the music content that animation for example can present with system 100 is (for example, the growth of identifier and gradual change) synchronously.In other embodiments, select identifier 430 or independent sector 430 ' can have any appropriate characteristics that is used to indicate selected content designator 400a-400h.In one embodiment, comprise that at input equipment 104 pressing keys can mobilizing function under control 110 situation of (control 110 can comprise the equipment with keypad in one embodiment).In other embodiments, under the control 110 of input equipment 104 also comprised as shown in Figure 5 the multi-functional rocking bar type of switch or the situation of joystick 560, switch 560 can be used for selecting identifier 400a-400h.In one example, multi-functional rocking bar key 560 allows the user will select designator 430 to move to radio station identification symbol, the identifier 400d shown in Fig. 5.In Fig. 5, rocking bar keys 560 can be used for selection identifier 430 is moved to station designator symbol 585 from station designator symbol 580.In other examples, speech recognition can be used for selecting station designator symbol 400a-400h.In another example, roller or trace ball equipment can be used for selecting station designator symbol 400a-400h.

Based on selection to the radio rendering content, system 100 immediately be tuned to corresponding radio station frequency, and present real-time broadcasting (Fig. 3, frame 380) from this radio station.In one embodiment, to user's rendering content the time, can change, present to indicate corresponding content with the outward appearance of the corresponding content designator of presented content.System 100 on the backstage be tuned to corresponding radio frequency, make and tuningly for the user, carry out pellucidly.System 100 can also be in any appropriate area of display 114 display radio radio station title and frequency 420, for example shown in Fig. 4 A.When selecting different content designator 400a-400h, radio frequency by pellucidly once more be tuned to the frequency in selected radio station.

With reference now to Fig. 4 F,, property purpose presented for purpose of illustration only, rendering content menu 410 ' disposes like this, makes content designator 500a-500h arrange according to grid format.In other embodiments, can arrange content designator 500a-500h according to any suitable configuration (comprising the listings format shown in Fig. 4 A).In this example, content designator 500a-500h is corresponding to the internet wireless radio station, but in other embodiments, identifier can be corresponding to any suitable media content supplier.Grid and to the selection of rendering content menu and content designator can with describe above with reference to Fig. 4 C similar substantially.Yet, in this example, when selecting rendering content menu 410 ', system 100 automatically is connected to the internet wireless radio station of any proper number that identifies in the grid, and download or (for example cushion in advance, select corresponding platform listen to or preview before buffer content) montage (Fig. 3, frame 320) of the content play at present on each internet wireless radio station.For example, system 100 can be connected to three internet wireless radio station simultaneously, so that cushion montage in advance.In other examples, system 100 can be connected to more than or be less than three internet wireless radio station so that cushion montage in advance.Huan Chong content clip can have any suitable length in advance, for example 15 seconds.In other embodiments, montage length can be greater than or less than 15 seconds.In other execution mode, montage length can be provided with in any suitable manner by the user of system 100, such as the menu by system 100.Montage is kept in the memory such as memory 182 temporarily.When one of user in selecting content identifier (Fig. 3, frame 330), when for example selecting identifier 500d, system 100 immediately presents the content (Fig. 3, frame 340) of buffering in advance to the user.If selecting not buffer content of identifier fashion, then when cushioning, present pending buffer designator 490 as shown in Fig. 4 G, such as animation, image or message to the user.Notice that pending buffer designator 490 also can present, and for example presented when selecting the rendering content group for demonstration when system 100 is connected to the medium supplier before the selection identifier.Pending buffer designator 490 can be presented in any appropriate area of display 114, for example be presented among the content designator in the internet wireless radio station that is being cushioned corresponding to its content or on.

In other embodiments, can distinguish buffering and pending buffer content designator in advance by any suitable mode.For example, with reference to figure 4H-Fig. 4 J, the content designator that its content is being cushioned in advance (such as

identifier

400a, 400b) can have dark color or pure color, and is perhaps opaque in appearance.The content designator that its content is not cushioned as yet (such as

identifier

400c, 400h) can have light color, fade or translucent outward appearance.Along with the content of identifier is cushioned, the outward appearance of corresponding contents identifier (for example, referring to

identifier

400c, 400h among Fig. 4 I and Fig. 4 J) deepens or is less opaque.In another embodiment, with reference to figure 4K, the bottom that can follow the usual practice as content designator (such as identifier 400e) presents buffering progress bar 401.Along with the content of identifier 400e is cushioned, progress bar can deepen or fill up gradually.In other embodiments, progress bar content designator corresponding with it can have any suitable position relation.In other execution mode, can indicate the buffering of preview content to the user by any suitable mode.

In one example, with regard to content cushions separately to it, can have priority with respect to other radio station to selected sampling for the radio station, the Internet of using.In other examples, can use to be connected to come the buffering of carrying out internet wireless radio station content at the internet wireless radio station of any proper number simultaneously with the synchrodata in internet wireless radio station.In one example, shown in Fig. 4 L, if but can't obtain (for example, be cushioned or tuning) such as the selected content designator of identifier 400e is selected, then content designator can show as " white noise " or static, shown in content designator 400e '.In other embodiments, can't cushion or tuning any content designator can be used as white noise and occurs.In other execution mode, can concern according to any suitable position with corresponding content designator, come the rendering content identifier to be cushioned or tuning any suitable indication.

The content clip in internet wireless radio station (for example, content pre-viewing) for example can refresh (Fig. 3, frame 350) after any reasonable time section.For example, after 2 minutes, system 100 can reconnect to the internet wireless radio station, so that download or content clip that buffering is upgraded, makes that the user can obtain current in progress content on the selected radio station all the time when being sampled in the radio station.In other examples, refresh the period can be greater than or less than 2 minutes.In other example, the user can select or be provided with to refresh the period by any mode, such as the menu by system 100.Refreshing of internet wireless radio station content is automatically, and is transparent for the user.The buffering in advance of content and content refresh near real time is carried out in permission in progress content on the internet wireless radio station instantaneous sampling.

With reference now to Fig. 6,, shows three exemplary screen shot 600a-600c of system 100.If user in selecting content identifier (identifier 600 shown in screenshotss 600a) and for example keep focusing on the pairing radio station of this identifier and reach predetermined amount of time and (also be, listen to selected radio station and do not sampled in other radio station), then selected content designator 600 for example becomes " playing now " view in any suitable manner, shown in screenshotss 600c.The scheduled time can be any reasonable time section.In one example, predetermined amount of time can be default during the manufacturing of system 100 (perhaps default between the installation period of suitable software).In other examples, scheduled time slot can be that the user can be provided with.In other embodiments, predetermined amount of time can by among the system 100 or system's 100 addressable back-end servers control.Playing in the view now, content designator 600 fills up the display 114 of system 100 basically.In other examples, selected identifier 600 can become any suitable part of filling display 114.In this example, content designator 600 is by " amplification " part to the filling display, for example shown in Fig. 6; But in other embodiments, content designator can be presented in the present broadcast view according to any suitable mode, for example according to mode (for example, the content designator of amplification) substantially similar shown in Fig. 4 D and Fig. 4 E.Also have the user in the present broadcast view shown in the screenshotss 600c and listen to option.This user option can be any suitable option, includes but not limited to playlist or content information 620 or radio station selector 630.Playlist or content information 620 can comprise the tabulation of the description of current in progress song in for example selected radio station and/or previous played songs and/or the tabulation of the song that will play.Radio station selector 630 can comprise for example

navigational arrows

630a, 630b, and it can be by touching arrow or using the rocking bar keys such as button 560 to activate.In one example, the activation of

navigational arrows

630a, 630b can be returned the station designator symbol grid of screenshotss 600a to the user.In other examples, radio station selector 630 can be used for the radio station content is sampled or changed radio station, and need not to turn back to the station designator symbol grid shown in the screenshotss 600a.Note, it only is exemplary that user shown in Fig. 6 listens to option, and can present any suitable option to the user, include but not limited to: change rendering content menu (for example, type, area etc.), change radio station and just buy option in played songs.

With reference to Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B the device examples that can put into practice the aspect of disclosed execution mode is thereon described.Terminal or mobile communication equipment 700 can have keypad 710 and display 720.Keypad 710 can comprise any appropriate users input equipment, such as multi-functional/scroll key 730, soft-

key button

731 and 732, assignment key 733, end call 734 and alphanumeric key 735.Display 720 can be any suitable display, for example touch-screen display or graphic user interface.Display can be integrated with equipment 700, and perhaps display can be the peripheral display that is connected to equipment 700.Such as stylus, pen or be exactly that the pointing apparatus of user finger can be used in combination with display 720.In the alternative, can use any suitable pointing apparatus.In other alternate embodiment, display can be a traditional monitor.Equipment 700 can also comprise the feature that other are suitable, for example camera, loud speaker, connectivity port or tactile feedback feature.Mobile communication equipment can have the processor 718 that is connected to display, is used for the process user input and display message on display 720.Memory 702 can be connected to processor 718, is used to store any adequate information and/or the application that is associated with mobile communication equipment 700, such as phone book entries, calendar, rendering content sampler/player described here etc.

Comprise in the execution mode of mobile communication equipment that at equipment 700 equipment can be suitable for communicating in telecommunication system for example shown in Figure 8.In this system, can be at portable terminal 800 and carry out various telecommunications service between such as other equipment of another portable terminal 806, telephone 832, personal computer 851, Internet Server 822 or radio station 840 etc., such as cellular voice call out, World Wide Web (WWW)/WAP (wireless application protocol) (www/wap) is browsed, honeycomb video calling, data call, facsimile transmission, music transmission, still image transmission, video transmission, electronic message transmissions and ecommerce.Notice that under the different execution modes of portable terminal 800 and different situation, some above-mentioned telecommunications service may be available or unavailable.In this regard, the aspect of disclosed execution mode is not limited to any specific set of service.

Portable terminal 800,806 can be connected to mobile telecom network 810 by radio frequency (RF) link 802,808 via base station 804,809, perhaps is connected to air broadcast radio station 840 by link 841.Mobile telecom network 810 can with any commercially available mobile communication operating such, such as global system for mobile communications (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), digital advanced mobile phone service (D-AMPS), CDMA 2000 (CDMA2000), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) (WCDMA), wireless lan (wlan), move freely multimedia and insert (FOMA) and TD SDMA (TD-SCDMA).

Mobile telecom network 810 can may be operably coupled to wide area network 820, and it can be the Internet or its part.Internet Server 822 has storage 824 and is connected to wide area network 820, as internet client computer 826.Server 822 can master control World Wide Web (WWW)/wireless application protocol server, and it can provide World Wide Web (WWW)/WAP (wireless application protocol) content to portable terminal 800.

PSTN (PSTN) 830 can be connected to mobile telecom network 810 according to common mode.The various telephone terminals that comprise landline telephone 832 can be connected to PSTN 830.

Portable terminal 800 can also carry out this locality with one or more local devices 803 or 850 via local links 801 or 851 and communicate by letter.Local links 801 or 851 can be the link with any suitable type of limited range, such as bluetooth, USB (USB) link, radio universal serial bus (WUSB) link, the link of IEEE 802.11 wireless lan (wlan)s, RS-232 serial link etc.Local device 803 for example can be the various sensors that can transmit measured value by local links 801 to portable terminal 800.Top example is not intended to limit, and can use the link of any suitable type.Local device 803 can be the corollary equipment that antenna and formation realize the WLAN (wireless local area network) of World Interoperability for Microwave Access, WiMax (WiMAX, IEEE 802.16), WiFi (IEEE 802.11x) or other communication protocols.WLAN (wireless local area network) can be connected to the Internet.Portable terminal 800 can have the multi radio ability thus, so that use mobile communications network 810, WLAN (wireless local area network) or the two to carry out wireless connections.Can also use WiFi, World Interoperability for Microwave Access, WiMax or any other appropriate protocol to realize with communicating by letter of mobile telecom network 810, and this communication can be used the not permission part (for example, permission is not moved and inserted (UMA)) of radio-frequency spectrum.In one embodiment, the navigation module 122 of Fig. 1 can comprise communication module, and its configuration is used for carrying out alternately with the system of describing with reference to Fig. 8.

Although top execution mode is described as be implemented on the mobile communication equipment or utilize mobile communication equipment to realize, but will be understood that disclosed execution mode can be put into practice comprising on any suitable equipment of display, processor, memory, software kit or hardware.In one embodiment, the system 100 of Fig. 1 can for example be the PDA(Personal Digital Assistant) type equipment 700 ' shown in Fig. 7 B.Personal digital assistant 700 ' can have keypad 710 ', touch-screen display 720 ' and be used for going up the pointing apparatus 750 that uses at touch-screen display 720 '.In other alternate embodiment, equipment can be personal computer, flat computer, touch panel device, the Internet flat board, on knee or desktop computer, portable terminal, honeycomb/mobile phone, multimedia equipment, personal communicator, television set or television set top box, digital video/universal disc (DVD) or high definition player or can comprise the display shown in Fig. 1 114 for example and any other suitable equipment of supporting electronic device (such as processor 718 and the memory 702 of Fig. 7).

The user interface 102 of Fig. 1 can also comprise menu system 124 in navigation module 122.Navigation module 122 provides the control to some process of system 100, includes but not limited to content described here is presented the Navigation Control of sampler/player.Menu system 124 can provide with system 100 on application or the relevant different instruments of program or the selection of application of option of operation.In one embodiment, menu system 124 can provide the selection to rendering content menu 410 or the feature that is associated with rendering content menu 410, and described feature for example identifier and other users described here of feature being set, will being included in the user-defined rendering content menu of content buffering can be provided with feature.In the disclosed here execution mode, navigation module 122 receives specific input, such as signal, transmission, instruction or the order relevant with the function of system 100, such as rendering content sampler/player.Depend on input, the navigation module interprets order, and guide processing controller 132 to come correspondingly fill order.

Refer again to Fig. 1, the display 114 of system 100 can comprise any suitable display, all touch-screen displays as previously mentioned, adjacent screen equipment or graphic user interface.In one embodiment, display 114 can be integrated with system 100.In the alternative, display can be the peripheral display that is connected to or is coupled to system 100.Such as stylus, pen or be exactly that the pointing apparatus of user finger can be used in combination with display 114.In the alternative, can use any suitable pointing apparatus.In other alternate embodiment, display can be any suitable display, such as flat-panel screens 114, it is made by the LCD (LCD) with optional backlighting (such as thin-film transistor (TFT) matrix that can color display) usually.Substitute conventional liquid crystal, can use touch-screen.

System 100 can also comprise the feature that other are suitable, for example camera, loud speaker, connectivity port or tactile feedback feature.

Disclosed execution mode comprises also and comprises above-described process steps and instruction software and computer program that it is carried out in different computers.Fig. 9 is the block diagram of an execution mode that comprises the exemplary device 900 of the feature that can be used for putting into practice aspect of the present invention.Device 900 can comprise computer-readable program code means, is used for realizing and carrying out process steps described here.As shown in the figure, computer system 902 can link to another computer system 904, and so computer 902 and 904 can send information and towards each other from receiving information each other.In one embodiment, computer system 902 can comprise and being suitable for and network 906 server in communication computers.Computer system 902 and 904 can be linked at together by any traditional approach, such as connecting or optical fiber link by modulator-demodulator, wireless connections, rigid line.Usually, can use communication protocol make information to computer system 902 and 904 the two all be obtainable, wherein information sends on communication channel usually, perhaps sends by the dial-up connection on integrated services digital network network (ISDN) circuit.Computer 902 and 904 is suitable for using the program storage device that comprises the machine readable program source code usually, and described source code is suitable for making computer 902 and 904 to carry out method step described here.The program storage device that comprises aspect of the present invention can be used as the assembly of carrying out machine process disclosed herein and method, that utilized optics, magnetic property and/or electricity device and is designed, manufactured and utilizes.In the alternative, program storage device can comprise magnetic medium, and such as dish or computer hard-drive, it is a computer-readable and executable.In other alternate embodiment, program storage device can comprise CD, read-only memory (" ROM ") floppy disk and semi-conducting material and chip.

Computer 902 and 904 can also comprise the microprocessor that is used to carry out stored procedure.Computer 902 can comprise on its program storage device and is used for stored information and data by data storage device 908.Comprise the process that comprises aspect of the present invention and the computer program or the software of method step and can on the traditional program memory device, be stored in one or more computers 902 and 904.In one embodiment, computer 902 and 904 can comprise user interface 910 and display interface device 912, can visit aspect of the present invention by it.User interface 910 and display interface device 912 can be suitable for allowing to system's input inquiry and order, and the result who presents order and inquiry.

Execution mode described here allows in interesting mode to the basic live preview of the Internet rendering content and to the live preview of aerial rendering content, and this encourages the discovery of fresh content.Disclosed execution mode has minimized listening to the stand-by period about the content buffering of the experience after selecting internet wireless radio station for example of user for example.Disclosed execution mode also presents the broadcasting station identifier in mode intuitively, and wherein the user can easily select the radio station expected, and need not roll across each individual frequency of radio station or based on the long list in the radio station of the Internet.

Should be appreciated that above description only is the demonstration to execution mode.Under the situation that does not break away from execution mode, those skilled in the art can propose various alternatives and modification.Therefore, present embodiment is intended to contain all this alternatives, modification and the distortion that is in the claims scope.

Claims

1. method comprises:

Select the rendering content group;

Show and the corresponding content designator of described rendering content group;

The chosen content identifier; And

Immediately to the user present from selected content designator rendering content corresponding medium supplier, real-time substantially.

2. the method for claim 1 further comprises:

Cushion in the selected rendering content group and the rendering content corresponding medium supplier of content designator in advance; And

Refresh the rendering content of buffering in advance at interval with preset time.

3. the method for claim 1, wherein said content designator presents with raster mode, and wherein the size of raster mode is variable and depends on available screen space.

4. the method for claim 1, wherein said rendering content group is according to one or more grouping the in type, geographical position and the user definition grouping.

5. the method for claim 1, wherein said medium supplier comprises following one or more: internet wireless radio station, internet television platform, analog or digital on-air radio radio station and analog or digital telecopter.

6. device comprises:

Processor; And

Be connected to the display of described processor;

Wherein said processor configuration is used for:

Select the rendering content group;

On described display, present and the corresponding content designator of described rendering content group;

The chosen content identifier; And

7. device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said processor further configuration are used for:

8. device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said rendering content group is according to one or more grouping the in type, geographical position and the user definition grouping.

9. device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said medium supplier comprises following one or more: internet wireless radio station, internet television platform, analog or digital on-air radio radio station and analog or digital telecopter.

10. device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said device comprises mobile communication equipment.

11. the computer program in the memory that is included in equipment comprises:

Be included in the computer readable program code in the computer-readable medium, be used to carry out the method for claim 1.

12. computer program as claimed in claim 11 further comprises:

Be used for making computer to cushion computer readable program code selected rendering content group and the rendering content corresponding medium supplier of content designator in advance; And

Be used to make computer to refresh the computer readable program code of the rendering content of buffering in advance at interval with preset time.

13. computer program as claimed in claim 11, wherein said rendering content group is according to one or more grouping the in type, geographical position and the user definition grouping.

14. computer program as claimed in claim 11, wherein said medium supplier comprises following one or more: internet wireless radio station, internet television platform, analog or digital on-air radio radio station and analog or digital telecopter.

15. a system comprises:

Input, configuration are used to cause to the selection of rendering content group and to medium supplier's selection;

Display, configuration is used to show the corresponding content designator of medium supplier with selected rendering content group; And

Be connected to the processor of described input and display, the configuration of described processor is used for based on the selection of corresponding content designator is immediately presented real-time substantially rendering content from selected medium supplier to the user.

16. system as claimed in claim 15, wherein said processor further configuration is used for:

17. system as claimed in claim 15, wherein said rendering content group is according to one or more grouping the in type, geographical position and the user definition grouping.

18. system as claimed in claim 15, wherein said medium supplier comprises following one or more: internet wireless radio station, internet television platform, analog or digital on-air radio radio station and analog or digital telecopter.

19. a user interface comprises:

20. user interface as claimed in claim 19, wherein said processor further configuration are used for: